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| Artist Introduction |
Artist Richard Savage born
in the north of England in 1962. I am a figurative artist
striving to make my art challenging and thought provoking.
You will find my work is as diverse as human nature itself
aiming to capture a celebration of life in all its wonderful
shades. I work from my Cambridgeshire studio, which is open
to the public by arrangement.
I work mainly in acrylics but I am also happy working in oils, pastels,
line and wash, watercolour and mixed media. I draw my inspiration
from classical art, admiring the styles of Rafael, Rembrandt and
the contemporary artist Boris Vallejo.
Current projects include concentrating on life like figurative
art. I never shy away from provocative topics that include
fetish, gothic, gay, lesbian, fantasy. I like my work to have
a sexy feel to it but hope people see beyond the titillation
to the real erotic underlying sensuality.
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 Internet: I
sell my work mainly over the Internet to my home market in the UK. I quickly
discovered a globally appreciative audience and now a high percentage of my work
is going to the United States.
This page invites you to a quick a quick tour of my Cambridgeshire
studio.
Click one of the tour links in either the left or right column.
Reading can be tedious hence text is kept this to a minimum so please enjoy the pictures.
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Painted in 2004. Greets you on entrance to the studio |
In the studio 1 |
A look around the studio |
A look around the studio |
A look around the studio |
A look around the studio |
A look around the studio |
A look around the studio |
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| Inspiration. |
| Well, it comes from
all over the place, I might see a cosmetics poster, a girl in the
street, an image in the most obscure
place and I have the spark of an idea. A chunk of my work
comes from publishers, who give me a brief; I try to capture
the image they are looking for. I do get suggestions from clients
who have bought from me in the past and I always take any ideas seriously.
When it comes to erotic art, I feel a lot of people have it
wrong, it is not what you can see that makes something erotic
it is what you can’t see, or hope you can see. Just a
glimpse of panties is erotic, yet a picture revealing all is
not, or might not be. And one should never take for granted,
the allure of the forbidden or the naughty. It is how the picture
feels that makes it erotic. I am constantly on the look out
for new images and new models.
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| Artist at home
in his studio. |
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I hate having my photo taken so this was a
chore!
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| The actual pictures |
Once I have
the concept e.g. two girls kissing or a girl in the office
or whatever, I look for source materials from my library, if
nothing is forthcoming, I ask a Model to pose and get the
image that way. I like to keep my work life like unless
the client wants something different. The planning takes
a while. I like my scenes nicely lit. Also something that
was commented on, at a recent exhibition, I was asked the
question why most of my pictures don’t have the subject
or subjects looking at the viewer. I have always liked the
idea that if you have two people sharing an intimate moment
they should be interested in each other not the viewer. In
addition, there is a voyeuristic element to the pictures,
seeing something you perhaps should not see.
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| Technique |
I will keep this short
for non painters will be a bit bored with this! I usually
paint on 300 – 450 gram paper with quite a rough texture,
I also paint on canvas these days too. I use acrylics mainly,
but I am happy to work in oils, inks, watercolour, whatever
the client wants. I use a technique of many thin layerrs of
wash and dry brush for fine details. Any artist who paints
from life will tell you realistic skin tones are a challenge.
And my advice to students is, practice, practice, practice.
I was once asked “why can’t I paint like that?”. My
reply is you probably could if you spent more time painting.
It is not magic, it requires hard work. There is the element
of gift, but even the most gifted need to work on technique.
I hope you will enjoy the pictures you find on this site.
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